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Grammar : Verb
Spell : juhmp
Phonetic Transcription : dʒʌmp



Definition of outjump

Origin :
  • 1550s, "act of jumping," from jump (v.). Meaning "jazz music with a strong beat" first recorded 1937, in Count Basie's "One O'Clock Jump." Jump suit "one-piece coverall modeled on those worn by paratroopers and skydivers" is from 1948.
  • As in defeat : verb conquer in athletic contest
Example sentences :
  • He could also outjump any of us—when he would take the trouble to try.
  • Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller
  • Like Lincoln, he could outwrestle, outthrow, and outjump any of his mates.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of Bob's Hill » by Charles Pierce Burton
  • They played with the dusky youths, and were not sorry to find plenty no older than they who could outrun and outjump them.
  • Extract from : « Deerfoot in The Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
  • She could outrun half the boys who had been her slaves and playfellows in childhood, and outjump three-fourths of them.
  • Extract from : « When Grandmamma Was New » by Marion Harland
  • Now, my reader, excuse me if I was proud of my horse for there was not one in the regiment that could outrun or outjump mine.
  • Extract from : « The Dispatch Carrier and Memoirs of Andersonville Prison » by William N. Tyler
  • I can outrun, outjump, or outlift you; and yet you take as much care of me as though I was badly wounded.'
  • Extract from : « Frank Before Vicksburg » by Harry Castlemon
  • Anyways, I've got my opinion, and I'll resk forty dollars that he can outjump any frog in Calaveras county.'
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Stories » by Various

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